Month: April 2016
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QQ themed KFC + more news
First QQ themed KFC opens in Shenzhen | Marketing Interactive – interesting brand collaboration. KFC has always made a point of being more local and closer to the Chinese consumer than rivals. This has paid off over time. It is no surprise that there is a QQ themed KFC, but what’s next in terms of media-dining…
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Rediscovering Quora + more
Probably the biggest thing that happened was me rediscovering Quora the question-and-answer network. I replied to a question ‘What are the major reasons behind Yahoo’s drastic downfall?‘ and then republished it as a blog post with a few more bits and bobs. Traffic blew up on the post when Dave Farber published a link to…
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Bury the hatchet tech style + more
Google and Microsoft bury the hatchet | Techeye – this is potentially huge. Especially if Microsoft is considering itself to be less of an OS business and more of an enabler. There is also a certain irony in this behaviour from Microsoft. Previously companies like Sendo and Nortel usually found when Microsoft bury the hatchet, it…
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Yahoo’s downfall
I’ve seen a lot written about Yahoo’s downfall. Most of it lacks insight. And at the most basic level lacks precision. Yahoo is an employee who works at Yahoo! or Y! (the Y-bang). It was the best culture I ever worked in; and the most dysfunctional company that I ever worked for. I got to…
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Bots won’t replace apps + more
Dan Grover | Bots won’t replace apps. Better apps will replace apps. – great analysis around conversational UIs and the designs of OTT messaging platforms from a a product manager at WeChat. The question I have is while bots won’t replace apps, will bots write better apps? Chinese Conglomerate LeEco Wants To Give Away Its ‘Tesla…
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Evolution of search
Danny Sullivan did a talk a few years ago on the evolution of search, it’s worthwhile taking 9 minutes out as he plots it: Library/librarian – whilst web search has become ubiquitous there are still people graduating from library studies courses. The role of librarian still brings a lot to the table The electronic catalogue…
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Thin film electronics + more things
Coal redefined for thin film electronics | Electronics EETimes – sounds like a graphene connection. Thin film electronics is going to be key for wearables Web Summit 2016 | Approach to marketing – it does beg the question why should a marketer support this and go to their conference? The VR idea maze — Benedict Evans – worthwhile…
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WeChat payments + more things
WeChat payments and wallet function brought to the international version of WeChat with its last version update, but I only noticed it this week. Does this mean that WeChat is now putting all the pieces in place before they get serious about an international market push? They are already trying to get foreign credit card…
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Hong Kong crime + more things
How Hong Kong crime has changed over time, and what that says about the city | South China Morning Post – interesting social changes as reflected by Hong Kong crime. Although this might change with Beijing using Hong Kong crime organisations to influence local politics and opposition through murder and intimidation. More Hong Kong related posts…